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OPEN LETTER TO FAMILY & FRIENDS CONCERNING OPD’S COVER UP OF THE HANGING OF A BLACK MAN
Two weeks ago, we issued a statement exposing Mayor Barbara Lee and OPD’s continued silence surrounding the Black man who was found hanging from a tree in Dimond Canyon earlier this summer. We presented what we knew to date and made an initial call for people to demand answers with us. Since then, we’ve organized […]
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OPD is Covering Up the Hanging of a Black Man: We Demand Answers Now!
On June 30, 2025 a Black man was found hanging from a tree in Dimond Canyon, at Bridgeview trail in Oakland, CA. Within an hour and a half of “Preliminary Investigation” the Oakland Police Department (OPD) and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) were leaving the scene and telling witnesses, “It was a suicide,” the […]


